scilicet
/ˈsɪlɪˌsɛt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Done in the appropriate place within a jurisdiction for the documented act.
adv
Used parenthetically to supply information which is not given in the portion of text being quoted, but is clearly given by its context, such as for quoted pronouns with unquoted antecedents.
Example Sentences
- "As in ejectment, where the declaration is of a demise the second of January, and that the defendant afterwards, scilicet, the first of January ejected him, here the scilicet may be rejected, as being contrary to what went before."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scīlicet.
Inflected Forms
sc. (alternative)
scil. (alternative)
ss. (alternative)